The PM is in trouble with the authorities… again
Rishi Sunak could be handed a second police fine in under a year after he was caught without a seatbelt on in a moving car.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police confirmed they are looking into the incident after the prime minister filmed a social media video in the back of his car.
Fines of up to £500 can be issued for failing to wear a seatbelt when one is available.
It would be the second time in under a year that Sunak has had to pay money to the authorities.
It's so STUPID!
Because yeah, I get the strategy… Get everyone talking about how you're not wearing a seatbelt, to distract people from the economic harm you've inflicted on people…
But all this does is remind people that Rishi Sunak was a law breaker during lockdown too! pic.twitter.com/AyxBIo509m
— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) January 19, 2023
In April 2022 both Boris Johnson and the then chancellor Sunak were handed fines by the Met Police for breaching Covid rules.
A No.10 spokesman confirmed that the fine is for a gathering of two or more people indoors in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street on 19th June 2020 when government officials convened to celebrate Johnson’s birthday.
At the time, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for both politicians to resign, saying they have “broken the law and repeatedly lied to the British public”.
And the opposition party has been equally scathing of Sunak’s latest slip-up.
Labour said the video was adding to “endless painful viewing” after he was previously seen struggling to make a contactless payment with his card.
“Rishi Sunak doesn’t know how to manage a seatbelt, his debit card, a train service, the economy, this country,” a spokeswoman said.
“This list is growing every day, and it’s making for endless painful viewing.”
The prime minister has apologised for the “mistake” and Downing Street said that Sunak had made a “brief error of judgment” by removing the safety device as he promoted his levelling-up funding in the Instagram video when he visited Lancashire.
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